Talking-machine cabinet.



V A. M. EWART.

TALKING MACHINE CABINET.

APPLIGATIOH FILED JUNE 8. 1914.

Patented Dec. 15,1914

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s lsa aenames. was sa ai minim To all whom it may camera Be. it known that 1,..hacnw hthwaazr, citi env 0f the United iitates, resid ng at. Barbertcn, in the cenaty cf Summit and Sta e. of Ohio, have: invested canteen-v new nd useful Improvements infllalrlnngehdachine Cabinets, of which the following ism specification This invention relates to improvementsin' talking machine cabinets and morepa-rti gur A dra er 2Qisahdably m0 b esehh ady toa disk record handling: device.

One of the objects of my invention is tov provide a disk record storing compartmen from which any particular record. be chosen by the operation of a key or button. positioned in the upper compartment of the instrument;

An other object of my. intentionisto prnvide such a device in which a plurality of record selecting keys are-positioned conveniently in the top of the cabinet so that the operator may select the mcond which. he do sires to play without stooping over amii scrutinizing the numbers such as are usually provided upon the individual slots of the record receiving rack.

Other and further objects will become apparent to those skilled in the art from a consideration of the following description and drawings, wherein;

Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved apparatus with the lid raised. Fig. 2 is a front elevation, parts beingbroken away. Fig. 3 is a vertical, sectional view through one end of the cabinet. Fig. 4 is an en larged sectional view similar to that of Fig. 3, parts being broken away. Fig. 5 is a transverse, sectional view on line 55 of Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is an enlarged view of the record index, and Fig. 7 is a transverse, sectional view on line 77 of Fig. 6.

Referring to the drawings, it will be apparent that the casing structure is divided in three separate compartments. The lower compartment indicated by the numeral 10 serves as storage space for the record disks, the compartment directly above that, indicated by the numeral 11, receives the motor and horn, while the upper compartment 12 provided with a lid 13, carries the motor driven record table is and reproducer arm 15.

In the record storing compartment 10 I have provided a 'rack comprising the horizontal transverse frame members 16 and 17 between which are positioned a plurality of 1 sli htl y greater than the thicknessof a recocd. At the rear a sto bar 9 extend across the back of; the 2 28 o ho t recards from. runmai thesl t iermed by t .e p n 18; surface of: the lo er e eal ert-itiaes l8. spaced pa-rt a. di tan e,-

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s nclined rearwardlgvse that a record when placed. on the. termed edge thereof.

natural-1y roll-hack ictefits pn .ecgositianr lower frame' member 17'for receivingsxtr a. record-S, toolsim' the likeyalid the compamt ment 10 is closed by the two hinged doors-21;-

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status follows clos ly the construction w is I standard; of. cabinet type talking In; s ch machines, however, it. is customary. oi acs small letters on numbers ad a mt eac otthe slotsfor-medby thepactitionsld in order to identlfy the record or which the slot reeervedhar consultation; oftehook-.41;

sand having index spaces corresponding' with the numbers or letters on the slots. It is thus necessary for the operator to bend nearly double to scrutinize the characters adjacent the slots since the record receiving slots are always 'ositioned in the lower part of the cabinet. t is to obviate this inconvenience, as well as to insure the withdrawal 5 of the record desired, that I have devised the following structure. I p Each of the slots formed by the partitions;

18 is provided with a pusherrod having a. horizontal section 22 positioned at a height approximately registering with the top of .the disk record extending forwardly into the slot a distance somewhat less than one a quarter of its depth, and then angling downwardly and rearwardly as at 22 at approximately 45 degrees to the horizontal section. The lower end is then bent vertically to engage with an opening in a plate 23 secured to the rear wall of the compartment 10. 'At

rod extendsvertically as at 24, upwardly;

through the compartment 11, up into the compartment. 12, terminating ina button or key 24". A guiding block 25 is secured at the rear lower corner of the compartment 12 and provided with a lurality of vertical openings, through whic the rod 24 extends;

Coil springs 26 so ground each of therods i m the rear end of'the horizontal section 22 the to the rod 24. The action of the sprin is to normally hold the vertical rod 24: to et er with the pusher parts 22, 22 upward into the position shown in Fig. 3.

An index receiving frame comprising vertical side bars 29-29 and the removable paper slips 30 are attached to the inner surface of the lid 13, for ready reference. A number is positioned opposite each of the removable slips 30 corresponding to' the numbers on the key 24.

To select a particular record, the operator looks up on the indek the name of the record, observes the number opposite the name,

=. and then depresses .the key bearing that number. Depression of the key moves downwardly the pushed rod 24 and parts 2222 thereof throwing forward the disk record contained in that particular slot to a position Where it is easily grasped and removed.

1. A disk record selectin device comprising -a rack having a plura ity of record receiving slots therein, open at their front ends for insertion and removal of disk records, and a vertically reciprocable rod for each slot positioned at the rear of said rack,

said rod having a cam shaped extension projecting into a disk holding. slot and adapted on downward movement thereof to engage said disk and slide same forward in its slot and project a portion thereof beyond the front faceof the rack.

2. A disk record selectin device comprising a rack having a plurafity of record .receiving slots therein, open at their front ends for insertion and removal of disk rec-' up ermost position. Hav ng described my invention, what I.

n testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ARCIHBALD M. EWART.

' In the presence of- NELLIE WALSH, R. G. Bmm'r. 

